WEATHER: Rainfall continues in TWO provinces

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Here’s the weather outlook for South Africa’s nine provinces.

The South African Weather Service has issued weather updates stating that fine, cool to warm conditions are expected in some provinces this week.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging wind and waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports, difficulty in navigation and localised damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected along the coast between Port Shepston and Richards Bay.

B. Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging interior winds leading to localised damage to settlements and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes due to cross winds on exposed high-level roads is expected over the central parts (upper and lower Karoo) and Namakwa interior of the Northern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over central parts of Northern Cape, Khai-Ma, Hantam and Beaufort West municipalities of the Western Cape as well as Dr Beyers Naude LM, Blue Crane Route, Raymond Mhlaba, Amahlathi, Enoch Mgijima and Inxuba Yethemba Local municipalities of the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect fine and cool.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog patches over the eastern Highveld and along the Escarpment, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld where it will be partly cloudy.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine and cool to warm.

Free State

In the Free State, fine and cool to warm.

Northern Cape

Cloudy in the west, with morning fog over the extreme north-western parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. It will be wind over the central parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly.

Western Cape

Morning fog along the south coast and adjacent interior, otherwise cloudy and cool, but warm in the north-east. Isolated showers and rain is expected, except in the far north-western parts but scattered along the south coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong south to south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Moderate

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, becoming cloudy in the south in the afternoon with isolated showers and rain, except in the north but scattered along the west coast. The wind along the coast will be light northerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.

The Eastern half: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, but cool in places in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south by the afternoon, spreading to the east in the evening.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming strong at times.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Very High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.